Panasonic's D-snap now even more cluttered with Bluetooth

If you look closely at the Panasonic SV-SD950N's jumble of controls (go ahead, look, we know it hurts) you'll notice a few new icons: a telephone and Bluetooth. No, they haven't turned their latest D-snap Audio player into a Bluetooth enabled phone. However, they have enabled the A2DP, AVRCP, and HFP Bluetooth profiles allowing their DAP to pair and control your Bluetooth-equipped stereo headset, phone, and handsfree rig in your car or office. Otherwise, we're looking at the same ol' D-snap only with far less juice with Bluetooth enabled. After all, it's Bluetooth 2.0, not 2.1. Hitting Japan on September 21 for ¥25,000 (about $219) with 1GB SD card.

[kingu Posted Dec 2nd 2008 2:28PM]

No FLAC and .Ogg support im afraid. I sent a mail hoping they fix it in a firmware update. :)

[stridermt2k Posted Aug 29th 2007 8:14AM]

Panasonic has never been great with control schemes, though I generally like their stuff.

[SimonRichards Posted Aug 29th 2007 8:16AM]

Panasonic needs a D-slap.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 29th 2007 8:28AM]

It seems quite expensive for what it is..

Though I can see a lot of useful functionality from a system like this.

[brentos Posted Aug 29th 2007 10:09AM]

I always preferred the O-snap.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 29th 2007 1:22PM]

good design

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2007 5:19PM]

What are those small phone icons on top of buttons?